Best Selling Books by Ted Hughes

Part of a set of six beautiful, collectable hardcover gift editions.

Here are 28 whimsical, lyrical, and robust animal poems from one of the twentieth century''s most celebrated poets. The mole, the cat, the squirrel, the donkey, and others make memorable appearances, accompanied by striking duotone artwork. Acutely observed, accessible, and surprising, this is perfect for children learning to love poetry.

In "The Mermaid''s Purse, Ted Hughes explores the ocean. From starfish and seagulls to mermaids and monsters, 28 poems capture the beauty, drama, and mystery of the sea and the seashore. Here is the ghostly cormorant: "Drowned fishermen come back/As famished cormorants/With bare and freezing webby toes/Instead of boots and pants." The strange and comical flounder: "The flounder sees/Through crooked eyes./Through crooked lips/The flounder cries." And the mermaid herself: "Call her a fish, /Call her a girl./Call her the pearl/Of an oyster fresh/On its pearly dish." By turns lyrical, whimsical, and robust, "The Mermaid''s Purse showcases the distinctive voice and appreciation of the natural world that made Ted Hughes among the most respected of late-20th-century poets. Made doubly accessible by Flora McDonnell''s distinctive black-and-white art, this sea-themed collection will delight children and be welcomed by educators.

Las Cartas de cumpleanos de Ted Hughes van dirigidas, excepto dos, a Sylvia Plath, la mitica poeta norteamericana con la que estuvo casado y con la que tuvo dos hijos. Fueron escritas a lo largo de un periodo de mas de veinticinco anos, las primeras poco despues de la muerte de ella, y constituyen la unica version que el dio de su relacion y de las dramaticas circunstancias en que ambos se vieron sumergidos y que llevarian a Plath a escribir sus mejores poemas y finalmente a la muerte.

A sequence of poems and drawings which capture the essence of the lonely, mysterious creatures who struggle to survive under the North Star.

A beautiful 25th anniversary edition of Ted Hughes''s The Iron Woman, the incredible sequel to The Iron Man, with the stunning original wood engravings from Andrew Davidson and a foreword by Michael Morpurgo. The streaming shape reared . . . like a sudden wall of cliff, pouring cataracts of black mud and clotted, rooty lumps of reeds. Mankind for has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman''s rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who better to call on but Hogarth and the Iron Man . . . ? A sequel and companion volume to Ted Hughes'' The Iron Man, this new, child-friendly setting will be treasured by a new generation of readers. ''A beautiful new edition . . . wonderfully imagined, hugely challenging, modern myth.'' Carousel

A collection of stories by the poet laureate of England includes among others the fable "O''Kelly''s Angel," about a man who captures and cages an angel, and "The Wound," about an episode in World War II

''Other folks get so well known, And nobody knows about my own,'' Have you met my sister Jane? She''s a great big crow! My Grandpa is an owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny is an octopus... Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary family members in Ted Hughes'' irresistible Meet My Folks, his first book for children, illustrated beautifully by George Adamson.

In 1984 Ted Hughes was made Poet Laureate. Since then, he has fulfilled his duties by writing a number of poems celebrating important royal occasions. These are major works, calling on the Laureate''s full powers and embodying a complete vision of royalty and nationhood. Rain-Charm for the Duchy collects these poems for the first time. It also contains a section of notes, throwing light on the context and genesis of each poem.

In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own work.

Explores the strange and wonderful moon-world. The terrain is fantastic, its creatures both intriguing and grotesque, but all is touched by the Poet Laureate''s moon magic.

This collection brings together the poems Ted Hughes wrote throughout his life for children, with the illustrations of Raymond Briggs. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those for younger readers and progressing to the more complex and sophisticated poems.

A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else.But Fred knew he was different.He just didn''t know quite how different.And when he did....Well, what then?

A collection of prose pieces on literary matters and on writers. Hughes also expresses concerns about education, the environment and education in general.

Brings together three short pieces written in homage to T.S. Eliot. The three pieces were prompted, in turn, by the unveiling of a plaque, by a reading of The Waste Land in a London theatre, and by a centenary dinner.

Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. This classic selection of her work, made by her former husband Ted Hughes, provides the perfect introduction to this most influential of poets. The poems are taken from Sylvia Plath''s four collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and include many of her most celebrated works, such as ''Daddy'', ''Lady Lazarus'' and ''Wuthering Heights''.

A collection of poems focusing on the central figure of the crow, predatory, mocking and indestructible.

From Ted Hughes, England''s Poet Laureate, Knopf is proud to present a children''s classic which has been unavailable in the U.S. for many years. First published in 1968, The Iron Giant is a modern fantasy about a massive giant who stalks the earth devouring metal, terrifying farmers and townspeople everywhere. Despite his insatiable hunger, the Iron Giant is quite gentle and good-natured, though the townspeople are too frightened of him to realize it. So they capture him and put him in a scrapyard, where he happily stuffs himself with stoves and bicycles. The people forget about the Iron Giant until a space-bat the size of Australia hovers over the earth, poised to destroy it. Earth needs a hero and only the Iron Giant is big enough and brave enough to do battle with the hideous creature from outer space. With a tractor-eating giant, a menacing space-bat, and a young boy-hero, The Iron Giant is an accessible, early chapter book with plenty of appeal for reluctant readers and budding science fiction and fantasy fans.

A commentary on the author''s own poem ''Crow''s song about Prospero and Sycorax''.

Prospectus for "Howls & whispers," by Ted Hughes, with etchings by Leonard Baskin.